linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] add a private data field within kobj

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Date:	Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:57:44 +0900
From:	Kohei KaiGai <kaigai@...jp.nec.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	morgan@...nel.org, serue@...ibm.com,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] add a private data field within kobj_attribute	structure
 (final#2)

Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 03:10:27PM +0900, Kohei KaiGai wrote:
>> [PATCH 1/3] add a private data field within kobj_attribute structure.
>>
>> This patch add a private data field, declared as void *, within kobj_attribute
>> structure. The _show() and _store() method in the sysfs attribute entries can
>> refer this information to identify what entry is accessed.
>> It makes easier to share a single method implementation with several similar
>> entries, like ones to export the list of capabilities the running kernel
>> supports.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@...jp.nec.com>
>> --
>>  Documentation/kobject.txt |    6 ++++++
> 
> That's good, but you didn't modify the sample/kobject/ file to use the
> new void pointer, instead of the strcmp() call.

The 3/3 of patches updates sample/kobject to use the new void pointer.
Do you want it to replace strcmp() examples completly?

Thanks,
-- 
OSS Platform Development Division, NEC
KaiGai Kohei <kaigai@...jp.nec.com>
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